1 Hour of Plane Spotting at ST MAARTEN (2000)

#planespotter #planespotting #airport

[robjustil]

Fates of these aircraft

0:06 Currently stored in Calgary

0:33 Still flies today as a cargo plane for Cargojet Airways

1:51 Owned by Jetran, currently stored

3:23 Crashed near the Virgin Islands after an engine caught fire

5:10 Owned by Air Loyauté, currently stored in Nouméa

5:42 Crashed at St Barthélemy when the aircraft banked sharply to the left whilst on approach, struck a house and exploded

7:58 Still flies today for North Cariboo Air

8:52 Scrapped at an unknown place and date

11:28 Preserved at Havana as a training aid

13:45 Scrapped at Mojave in an unknown year, but probably 2008

16:05 Still flies today as a cargo plane for FedEx Express, although flights are operated by Morningstar Air Express

17:05 Still flies today for PAL Airlines

18:37 Still flies today as a cargo plane for FedEx Feeder, although flights are operated by Mountain Air Cargo

22:52 Scrapped at Tucson in an unknown year, but probably 2014

28:06 Scrapped at an unknown place and year

29:00 Still flies today as a cargo plane for FedEx Feeder, although flights are operated by Mountain Air Cargo

33:06 Still flies today as a cargo plane for FedEx Feeder, although flights are operated by Empire Airlines

33:55 Still flies today for Maldivian

34:35 Still flies today for Contour Aviation

35:15 Still flies today for Trans Anguilla Airways

36:38 Still flies today for United Airlines

39:51 Scrapped at Nimes in 2008

43:19 Got damaged beyond repair at Saint Barthélemy when it veered off the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing, scrapped at an unknown place and date, but probably 2002

45:16 Owned by Unity Aviation Canada, currently stored

46:04 Still flies today as a private jet for a private owner

50:06 Still flies today as a cargo plane for DHL Aviation, although flights are operated by DHL Air Austria

52:52 Scrapped at Phoenix in 2020

53:43 Currently stored in Moscow

Any questions or things I got wrong or didn't add, let me know in the replies.

[rohit.parkal]

That Convair at 3:30 crashed after take-off from San Juan enroute to St Maarten, after the right engine caught fire. It was carrying a cargo of perishable food. After leveling off at 5, 500 feet msl, the crew noticed that the right engine cylinder head temperature and oil temperature was about 10 degrees above normal. Shortly after, both pilots noticed a sharp decrease in the right engine brake mean effective pressure followed by vibration in the engine. A fire started around the front lower cylinders. The captain feathered the right engine propeller, pulled the Emergency handle and fired the main and reserve fire extinguishing bottles. The fire however had extended to the whole front of the engine cylinders. The burning engine fell off the plane's wing and the crew prepared for a ditching. The co-pilot handed a life jacket to the pilot and then put his on. The pilot placed his life preserver to the side and did not put it on. While descending the co-pilot opened his side window, but the pilot did not. At 300 feet, and still on a westerly heading, the co-pilot recalled that the airplane's indicated airspeed was around 135 to 140 knots, and the right wing leading edge was on fire and was melting. After hitting the water surface the cockpit section also contacted the water and sank for a short time. The cockpit surfaced once and the water was above both pilot's shoulders. One of the wings and the cockpit separated and the airplane sank into 1, 000 feet of water. The co-pilot was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. The captain was declared missing and had not been found after a full day of searching.

[turbofanlover]

Wow. Has this area ever changed in twenty five years. And I absolutely loved seeing all those spectacular planes that we can't see anymore.

[UnusSedLeo-wl]

Convair, Beech 18, all rather vague. Love it!

[MyViewToronto]

R.I.P TWA, US Airways, Continental, and the many other airlines that are no longer in business.

[samaviationmtl]

I need to go at SXM one time in my life!

[JoeLazar-etpm]

45:15 haven't seen a rwy 27 approach before
46:00 haven't been so close to the runway to hear real, not-edited-in tire scrubbing noises before

[RubenThomas]

3:30 It looks like this plane was involved in an accident in July 2004 while operating a cargo flight from San Juan to Sint Maarten.

[Skinscolombia]

The twin otter in the minute 5:46 has involved in a crash in the next year 2001 in st barts

[ChrisZoomER]

I wonder how getting jet blasted by some of those older planes would be like.

[owenmurray]

Forgot how much the old USAirways livery looks like the Alt-Wright Flyer

[_aqua_sports_]

41:45 gear up? 55:51 same aircraft...

[Minetaofficialreal]

The first plane is still flying with summit air

[yulicljr]

Hello, could you please upload a video of plane spotting in toncontin?

[matt_v_photo]

No KLM flights at all flying in around that time?

[skylineXpert]

Back in the rising popularity time.

Too bad its now only on video...

[TheFlyingDutchbird_main]

I was going to st maartin, but then a hurricane arrived. I was going to fly with a KLM 747.